Waymo says it has built an ASIC chip that will improve its robotaxis' reflexes and navigational skills and help it diversify away from companies like Nvidia (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-20/google-s-waymo-has-built-a-custom-chip-for-its-robotaxis"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260820/i23.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260820/p23#a260820p23" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Edward Ludlow / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-20/google-s-waymo-has-built-a-custom-chip-for-its-robotaxis">Waymo says it has built an ASIC chip that will improve its robotaxis' reflexes and navigational skills and help it diversify away from companies like Nvidia</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo has built a custom chip that the company said will improve the performance of its robotaxis &hellip; </p>